You used to have to clamber everywhere to watch a game anywhere in the United States and, this year, you could see every playoff game anywhere you went.". Post game after Vancouver 1-0 win in Game 1. He also filled in as play-by-play man when Jim Robson had national TV duties. 11.

Unlike their U.S. counterparts, Canadian freelancers do not have as many other sports telecasts to work on. But Hughson said the ratings and revenues do not justify the production costs, which are about on par with NHL telecasts. Cliff Ronning also breaks down the game. CBC Sports announced Tuesday that it has re-signed Gemini Award-winning announcer Jim Hughson to a six-year contract. With the first regular-season telecasts not scheduled until Oct. 11, representatives from CBC and Sportsnet say their networks are taking a wait-and-see approach and will be prepared to roll out a different programming plan if necessary. [2] In 2019, the Hockey Hall of Fame announced that Hughson was named as the winner of the annual Foster Hewitt Memorial Award, honouring outstanding contributions by a hockey broadcaster. You know, the guy with no emotion who announces the action as if he’s reading it from a teleprompter. The most excited I’ve seen him is in the Pepsi commercial (with a Lloyd Christmas haircut) where he’s forced to sound energetic. Mark Forums Read; Quick Links. He also called men's ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Who will win divisions, awards, Stanley Cup? Hughson also grazes 85 head of beef cattle at the back of his now-closed F&D Landfill.

Happy to be wearing a letter in general. User Tagging Statistics Jody chats with Jim Hughson and Kelly Hrudey. In 1991, he called the World Junior Hockey Championship in Saskatchewan, which climaxed with a dramatic game in Saskatoon between Canada and the USSR, in which John Slaney scored the winning goal late in the third period to deliver the gold medal to Canada. I am so sick of this Pepsi/Lays commercial. "When I thought about that, I looked back to 2012 and thought about Patrick Kane, 24-year-old for the Chicago Blackhawks, got into a little trouble with too many cameras around in Wisconsin that summer, and what did he do?" Yeah, Jim Hughson, the Sportsnet play by play guy. Staffers can work on other broadcasts for their networks, but freelancers face an uncertain future. So is Larry Isaac, a 30-year veteran freelance producer who works an average of 65 to 75 games per season airing Vancouver Canucks, Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers games. "So a lot of your planning gets thrown out the door and you basically have to start from scratch in a lot of cases.". Hughson is familiar to video game enthusiasts as the play-by-play voice of EA Sports award-winning NHL series from 97 to 09. He was also the host of Snapshots, a weekly half-hour show where he interviewed various sports personalities, from 1998 to 2006. His partner on the top broadcast team was his former Sportsnet partner Craig Simpson and, until 2016, former NHL goaltender Glenn Healy. "That’s the sport of our country, and that’s the sport that brings in the most consistent ratings on our network.". Hughson has owned the 80 plus acres since 1987. Jim Hughson didn't have any trouble filling the time during the previous two NHL lockouts. The incident Hughes referred to was Kane being photographed drunk at a party at the University of Wisconsin. While Lacroix said CBC has ''replacement programming", it's still not fully clear how networks will fill the void created by a lockout. "So you find other things to do.". He hopes a long-term hockey hiatus can be avoided. Hughson has also had small roles in two sports-related family comedies: MVP: Most Valuable Primate (2000) and Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch (2002).

Hughson worked for TSN from 1987 to 1994, working as the lead play-by-play announcer for the network's NHL games, paired with Gary Green and Roger Neilson (until 1989).

Jim Hughson didn't have any trouble filling the time during the previous two NHL lockouts. CBC president Hubert Lacroix acknowledged this week that a delayed or cancelled season would be "a cash flow challenge for us.". "Those are huge events in the United States," said Hughson. A year later, he left radio and began working on the Canucks regional television broadcasts on Sportsnet Pacific, alongside Ryan Walter. Reggie28. And that's how you put a little problem behind you. Hughson this year was named the winner of the Foster Hewitt Award for excellence in sports broadcasting. All the best Jim!!! He played announcers in both films. He has a daughter named Jennifer and son Matthew. Hughson is not anticipating any exceptional replacements. 08-05-2013, 10:12 PM. Hughson returned to the broadcast booth for the Toronto Blue Jays when CBC picked up a package of Blue Jays games for the 2007 and 2008 seasons.

They learned about it in September via Twitter the day before Matthews faced a hearing in the case. I must have seen it 1000 times over the last 4 days.

HOME; ABOUT US; SERVICES. TSN could expand its slate to include additional live events, news, talk shows and documentaries. Reply. This year, he is applying concrete stain to the driveway and sidewalks at his Coquitlam, B.C., home and cleaning up the 5,000-tape library in his basement office. In October 2014, Hughson re-joined Sportsnet, as its parent company Rogers Communications had acquired sole national television rights to the NHL in Canada, taking effect as of the 2014–15 season. "There isn’t any hockey at the National Hockey League level to talk about, and I just don’t think that the networks have found adequate replacements for that.".

Hughson is an avid runner with routes in all 31 NHL cities. [5], Hughson was born on October 9,[6] 1956 in Fort St. John, British Columbia. Matthews, 22, was considered a candidate to be named team captain, but the Maple Leafs gave the role to John Tavares, who had been a longtime captain with the New York Islanders.

Matthews, according to a police report obtained by USA TODAY Sports, was accused of trying to open the locked door of a car in which a female security guard was doing paperwork. "He came back and was the Conn Smythe Trophy winner and won the Stanley Cup (in 2013). "It was something I’d never seen. In 2005, Hughson was hired by CBC as Hockey Night in Canada's secondary play-by-play announcer. Depending on how long the lockouts lasts, Isaac will pursue opportunities to broadcast other sporting events.